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County of Hoya Grafschaft Hoya (German) | |||||||||
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| 1202–1582 | |||||||||
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.svg) County of Hoya (in red) about 1400 | |||||||||
| Status | County | ||||||||
| Capital | Hoya Nienburg | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Henry I Count of Hoya | 1202 | ||||||||
• Partitioned between Hoya and Nienburg | 1345 | ||||||||
• Reunited under Jobst I of Nienburg | 1497 | ||||||||
• Joined Lower Rhenish–West- phalian Circle | 1500 | ||||||||
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• Death of Otto VIII | 1582 | ||||||||
• Part of Prussia | 1866 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
TheCounty of Hoya (German:Grafschaft Hoya) was a state of theHoly Roman Empire, located in the presentGerman state ofLower Saxony. It was centred on the town ofHoya on the middleWeser river, betweenBremen andNienburg; the area now belongs to the districts ofNienburg andDiepholz. The largest city in the county wasNienburg.
As of 1582, Hoya was bordered by (from the north, clockwise): The City ofBremen, theArchbishopric of Bremen, theBishopric of Verden, theLüneburg andCalenberg subdivisions ofBrunswick-Lüneburg, theBishopric of Minden, theCounty of Diepholz, theBishopric of Münster, and theCounty of Oldenburg.
A first Count Henry at Hoya inSaxony appeared as a vassal of ArchbishopHartwig II ofBremen in 1202. He had disputes with the localHodenberg noble family atHodenhagen Castle over their estates on the Weser which were gradually acquired by Count Henry and his descendants until 1313. The acquisition of Nienburg led to a long-term conflict with theBishops of Minden who baulked at the expansionism of their comital neighbours.
In 1345 the brothers Gerhard III and John II of Hoya, divided the county among themselves. When the elder branch of the Gerhard line at Hoya became extinct in 1497, the territories were re-unified under John's descendant CountJobst I residing at Nienburg. In 1450 the family became embroiled in theMünster Diocesan Feud, but failed in their attempt to install Erich of Hoya as the Bishop ofMünster. In the 16th century, the counts came under pressure from the mighty Dukes ofBrunswick-Lüneburg, who in 1512 occupied their estates.
The county was partitioned afterOtto VIII, Count of Hoya died without sons in 1582. The majority of the territory was received by theCalenberg line with the remainder to theLüneburg line of the Duchy ofBrunswick-Lüneburg and theLandgraviate of Hesse-Cassel. The Counts of Hoya already had to recognize theWelf dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg asliege lords in 1512.
After theAustro-Prussian War of 1866, the area together with theKingdom of Hanover was annexed byPrussia.
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1 from 1648 2 until 1648 3 without seat inImperial Diet ? status uncertain Circles est. 1500:Bavarian,Swabian,Upper Rhenish,Lower Rhenish–Westphalian,Franconian,(Lower) Saxon
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